Hines T M
Psychology Department, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY 10570-2799, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1998 Aug;83(1):19-64. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.19.
Biorhythm theory which became popular with the general public in the late 1960s held that three different biorhythm cycles influenced three different general aspects of human behavior. There was a 23-day cycle which influenced physical aspects of behavior. A 28-day cycle influenced emotions and a 33-day cycle influenced intellectual functions. Further, according to the theory, these three cycles started at birth and progressed, sinusoidally, throughout life varying not a bit with environmental or physiological factors. This paper reviews 134 studies of biorhythm theory, both published and unpublished. 35 of those reported some support for biorhythm theory. Careful examination of these studies identified methodological and statistical errors that account for the claimed findings supporting the theory. Another 99 studies, covering many different variables, yielded no support. The conclusion is that biorhythm theory is not valid.
生物节律理论在20世纪60年代末开始在普通大众中流行，该理论认为三种不同的生物节律周期影响人类行为的三个不同总体方面。有一个23天的周期影响行为的身体方面。一个28天的周期影响情绪，一个33天的周期影响智力功能。此外，根据该理论，这三个周期从出生时开始，呈正弦曲线状贯穿一生，不受环境或生理因素的丝毫影响。本文回顾了134项关于生物节律理论的研究，包括已发表和未发表的。其中35项报告了对生物节律理论的一些支持。对这些研究的仔细审查发现了方法和统计上的错误，这些错误解释了所声称的支持该理论的发现。另外99项研究涵盖了许多不同的变量，没有得出支持的结果。结论是生物节律理论是无效的。
